Oh, and obvs, haggle

Everything you find in the market is also being sold by other stalls in the market. Go for about a quarter to a third of what they suggest and only move up slowly. Walk away, they will come back with a "best price", settle for a couple of hundred rupees less than that.

Posted By: Old Man on January 26th 2017 at 12:38:28

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Anyone been to Delhi? After advice about which area of the city to stay in - want to be (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 26, 12:28:21
- Get a car down to the Taj (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 26, 15:31:20
  - Or a train, the Bhopal Shatabdi Express does it in just over two hours. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 26, 15:40:52
    - "Shatabdi Express". I've had that. (General Chat) - APB, Jan 26, 15:46:23
      - Worse than the Cleveland Steamer? (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jan 26, 15:54:33
        
        What could be worse than that? (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jan 26, 16:29:14
- No. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jan 26, 14:46:35
  - I've never been to King's Lynn. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 26, 15:22:39
- I haven't. (General Chat) - APB, Jan 26, 13:59:12
  - It really does. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 26, 14:17:52
    - Good. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jan 26, 14:26:54
- I went to the Deli and bought sundried tomatoes and olives, if that helps. (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Jan 26, 13:02:59
  - It does loj! Ta (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 26, 13:07:13
    - I sent them to India via BT infinity, a little known fact but thats why the called Delhi, (General Chat) - lovely old job, Jan 26, 13:24:16
      - I'm going to do that. Probably get them from Louis on Upper St Giles. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 26, 13:27:05
        
        spot on, that's who I used, ask him for broadband friendly olives and they (General Chat) - lovely old job, Jan 26, 13:37:16
        
        They don't come out flat the other end? (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 26, 14:23:42
        
        I am not sure because I am front end. (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Jan 26, 14:39:16
        
        Front end. (General Chat) - APB, Jan 26, 15:50:03
        
        I did find out that you need stoneless olives, the cables narrow in Iran and I got a pip (General Chat) - lovely old job, Jan 26, 14:46:26
        
        That was what did it. I was in the middle of a porn vortex when that happened. (General Chat) - APB, Jan 26, 15:48:37
        
        Good advice, might send an old grape first to text it. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 26, 14:48:31
        
        I'll send a couple, then give them a bell to find out. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 26, 14:42:14
        
        Not if you use a proper 5-pin DIN converter. (General Chat) - APB, Jan 26, 14:30:33
        
        Good to know. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 26, 14:33:41
- Literally a shithole (n/m) (General Chat) - thirsty work, Jan 26, 12:46:44
- Yes (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 26, 12:44:39
- Been there on business a fair bit (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 26, 12:34:49
  - Ta for area advice, the other stuff I'm used to. India is my favourite place in the whole (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 26, 12:50:04
    - You do realise what a fucking nightmare Annie is going to be don't you? (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jan 26, 14:13:11
      - In what way? (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 26, 14:18:17
        
        What are the hairdryers like? (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jan 26, 14:20:04
        
        Ah. There isn't one - but she could buy one from a shonky shop. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 26, 14:22:36
  - Every time I've eaten street food though I've always got sick. (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 26, 12:45:36
    - dont eat it unless its fried boiled or peeled by u (n/m) (General Chat) - fond, Jan 26, 12:49:58
  - Oh, and obvs, haggle (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 26, 12:38:28
    - As a westerner prices are 10 times the local prices. So I'd agree with OM on haggling hard (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 26, 12:46:07
      - Yea, it was more where to stay, used to all the other stuff. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 26, 12:50:53
- BC - didn't you do Delhi? (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 26, 12:28:45

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